Corporate life and parenting

Over at Work It, Mom! Karen shares some insight about herself and her relationship with corporate life.

She returned to the practice of law after a hiatus of working at home and pursuing some creative endeavors. Though she ultimately decided that this type of work was not for her and her family, she graciously shares what she learned along the way

The one that spoke to me the most was about trusting instincts before taking on a new job or career.

Not too long before I had my third child, I found myself in need of a job. There wasn’t much out there, so I decided to interview for a job in an area I had worked before, but didn’t really enjoy.

My reasoning was that I could at least get my resume inside the company. The interview went well, and I was offered the job and I politely turned them down.

They called back and offered again, and I turned it down a second time.

The third time they called, I accepted since I still needed a job and well, I’m not sure what I was thinking, but I had a bad feeling about it.

As you can imagine, it was miserable and it got worse after the baby was born. The job was stressful, I was away from my family for long hours and it looked like there wasn’t a way out.

Long story, but I got a new job for much less money and that was not a good scenario after adding a new family member, but somewhere along the line was when I realized that there was much more to it than the money.